The Trump administration has been focused on trade and military alliances, but has neglected a more 21st century form of theft, such as international online fraud, which has resulted in over $12.5 billion in losses for Americans.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed the Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on campus. “You can't exile political dissidents. Not in the United States,” Sanders wrote in a Tuesday post on X. His comments came hours after a federal judge ruled that Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old lawful...
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets on Tuesday for a rare protest against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has controlled the war-torn strip for nearly two decades. The videos shared on various social media platforms on Tuesday showed protestors marching through the streets of Beit Lahia, a city in...
The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Marty Makary to be the Food and Drug Administration commissioner. Makary was easily confirmed by a 56-44 vote, picking up three Democrats. Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.) Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) voted with all Republicans to confirm Makary. A Johns Hopkins surgeon, Makary will take over...
Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects. Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, is projected to defeat Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons to represent Senate District 36 for the remainder of...
Democrat Dan Goughnour has won the open Pennsylvania state House seat left vacated by the death of the most recent officeholder, restoring Democrats’ narrow majority in the body, Decision Desk HQ projects. Goughnour, who is a member of the McKeesport school board and a police officer, will win over Republican Chuck Davis, the president of...
Less than one in five Americans favor the U.S. annexing Canada and semiautonomous island Greenland, according to a new survey released Tuesday. The Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that 17 percent of U.S. adults favor Canada becoming the U.S.’s 51st state, an idea that President Trump has brought up several times since winning the 2024 presidential...
National security adviser Mike Waltz questioned how The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was added to a Signal group chat with national security officials who were communicating about a U.S. airstrike in Yemen targeting Houthi rebels. "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but of all the people out there, somehow this guy who has lied about the...
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) suggested Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared top secret information in a Signal group chat with national security officials to alleviate “personal inadequacies.” “What in the hell are you guys doing? And why are you doing that on a commercial chat platform? Makes absolutely no sense. And it's, in fact, extraordinarily...
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that would dramatically overhaul how federal elections are run, a move that follows years of exaggerated claims from Trump about mail ballots and noncitizen voting. Trump signed an order that directs states to require proof of citizenship when individuals register to vote. The order, which drew immediate...
A government watchdog group is suing national security leaders for their use of Signal to discuss military actions, saying the move violated the Federal Records Act (FRA). The suit from American Oversight, which routinely files public records requests, said the move obstructs their ability to access government documents. The Atlantic revealed Monday that national security...
Top Republican lawmakers emerged from a meeting at the Treasury Department on Tuesday saying the House and Senate are moving closer together on key aspects of how to unlock President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda, including whether to include a debt ceiling increase and how quickly they can move. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) hammered Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for using a Signal group chat to communicate about strikes on the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. “This put American lives at risk. This cheapens the work that our men and women on the front lines of our armed services and our intelligence agencies do...
The furor over a headline-making group chat consumed Washington for a second day on Tuesday. President Trump spoke to reporters from the White House about the matter, and it was also the focus of a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill. The central issue is the revelation that many of the most senior members of the...
